BY POLLY MANN It’s called the “Disposition Matrix” or “PPG,’’ a guide released in May 2013, describing the U.S. government’s use of drones to assassinate undesirables. It contains the names of terrorism suspects, including sealed indictments and clandestine operations; when strikes may be used against terrorist targets; where there is…
BRIDGIT This recipe is from my grandmother Betsy Jean Kendrick. She was known for having huge, unruly dogs—the last two dogs she owned were a Samoyed and a Newfoundland. So while she liked her real dogs big, hairy and slobbery, she liked her dog cookies delicate and delicious. Chocolate Dogs…
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Prairie Dog 610 W. Lake St. 612-223-8984 www.prairiedogssausage.com ‘Tis the season to pig out at tables sinking under the weight of Granny’s turkey, pot luck eccentricities, more sugar and carbs than even a Sumo wrestler could comfortably inhale, and other dietary overloads. So, when it’s time to…
BY ADAM M. SCHENCK Denis Villeneuve is quickly showing himself as one of Hollywood’s masters of mood and film craft (he also directed “Sicario”). “Arrival” covers well-worn sci-fi tropes like flashbacks to a dead daughter and the aliens’ gift to a humanity too foolhardy to accept it. Amy Adams illustrates…
“The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World’s Strangest Syndromes” by Frank Bures This book is perfect for that sensitive, inquisitive, scholarly cousin, friend or daughter—the one who is always wondering about human behavior and humans in groups, the one who…
BY DAVID TILSEN The Native people of the Western Hemisphere have come together to support the Standing Rock Lakota in their decision to not allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to be built. They have clearly decided this pipeline threatens their existence. They will not be invisible any more. Native nations…
Dear Editor: Corporate tobacco companies continue to aggressively market their products to young people. As a queer woman, this is a particularly important issue to me because LGBTQ-identified people in Minnesota are 2.5 times more likely to smoke than their cisgender heterosexual counterparts. I am encouraged by the growing number…
